“So far you have already voted to deny the first motion without hearing any oral argument whatsoever,” said Burrillville’s attorney Michael McElroy, “And two of you have already indicated that you are prepared to deny my motion to dismiss, again without hearing any oral argument.”

“The Town of Johnston municipal water system obtains its water supply from Providence Water and is considered a consecutive water system… ‘a public water system that receives some or all of its finished water from one or more wholesale systems.'”

“[Providence Water] can easily provide [Invenergy] with water to meet their demand,” says Ricky Caruolo, general manager of Providence Water, “but it’s going to be a huge lift on their end designing a pipeline and getting the public to accept this project.”